On Mar 13, 2011, at 12:21 AM, Larry Colen wrote: > > On Mar 12, 2011, at 5:13 AM, Jens wrote: > >> Who-hoo >> The mailman came with my new K-5 today. >> An excellent camera. I really needed it's high ISO ability: >> http://www.flickr.com/photos/bladt/sets/72157626248716380/ > > Congratulations. I wouldn't say that I'm deliriously happy with mine, though > others may. My only complaint is that I didn't have one sooner. On the other > hand, I feel, and hope, that pushing against the limitations of my previous > cameras has made me a better photographer. > > I haven't yet explored the expanded ISO. Does that change the circuitry at > all? Or if it's done via math, are you just as well off shooting at 12,800, > underexposing and processing in lightroom?
Absolutely not. Pushing the exposure in conversion raises the noise level exponentially. Don't know how the camera handles high ISO internally. But trying to duplicate it in conversion is not equivalent and is undesirable. > > All of my previous cameras have felt like "interim" cameras, with some major > drawback that prevented them from being my long term main camera. I don't > feel that way about my K-5. I have no doubt that I will want the improved > performance, and features of newer models down the line, but the K-5 feels > like it has enough performance for what I need. I haven't tried nighttime > landscapes yet, and I'm interested to see how it does with night sky noise. > > If you're anywhere near as happy with your K-5 as I am with mine, you must be > insufferable to be with. > > -- > Larry Colen [email protected] sent from i4est > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
